The technological and information revolution in various branches of human knowledge has become a characteristic feature of the twenty-first century. Social networking is one of the results of this technological development that has entered people's daily lives and has become an indispensable tool due to its capabilities and technical methods. Today, social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. The media are not only sources of information and entertainment, they are also a means of communication, a way of getting in touch with others, regardless of distance. The media have both positive and negative effects on education, families and on the relationship between children and parents. The influence of the media is actually much more complex than the simple division into negative and positive effects. Social networking is the use of social media websites to keep an individual connected with friends, family, as well as the ability to make new acquaintances. The most commonly used social networks of school children are Facebook, TokTok, Instagram, YouTube. Today, schools are no longer the first point of contact for children with computers; digital media are a central part of their extracurricular experiences, and their everyday relationships and identities. The development of social networks and digital culture imposes the need to bring social networks closer to students and teachers, and to participate in school assignments and content. Informal use of social networks in education is more common, and one of the best examples of such use are groups or communities of social networks. The aim of the thesis is to distinguish the impact of media literacy and social networks on the life and education of primary school students, while the main research question is whether social networks, games and the use of the Internet affect the education of primary school students from fifth to eighth grade.